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gradle/org.gradle.api.component/SoftwareComponentFactory/adhoc

adhoc

abstract fun adhoc(name: String): AdhocComponentWithVariants(source)

Creates an adhoc software component, which can be used by plugins to build custom component types.

Return

the created component, which must be added to the components container later

Since

5.3

Parameters

name

the name of the component